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The Paige Paige Promotion Promotion Paige Promotion Promotion Promotion Paige Promotion Promotion Paige Paige ovaries are two small organs. Before puberty, it’s as if the ovaries are asleep. During puberty, they “wake up.” The ovaries start making more estrogen and other hormones, which cause body changes. One important body change is that these hormones cause you to start getting your period, which is called menstruating. (Learn more about how your reproductive system works during your period.)

Once a month, the ovaries release one egg (ovum). This is called ovulation.

The fallopian tubes connect the ovaries to the uterus. The released egg moves along a fallopian tube.

The uterus — or womb — is where a baby would grow. It takes several days for the egg to get to the uterus.

As the egg travels, estrogen makes the lining of the uterus (called the endometrium) thick with blood and fluid. This makes the uterus a good place for a baby to grow. You can get pregnant if you have sex with a male without birth control and his sperm joins the egg (called fertilization) on its way to your uterus.

If the egg doesn’t get fertilized, it will be shed along with the lining of your uterus during your next period. But don’t look for the egg — it’s too small to see!

The blood and fluid that leave your body during your period passes through your cervix and vagina.

The cervix is the narrow entryway in between the vagina and uterus. The cervix is flexible so it can expand to let a baby pass through during childbirth.

The hymen covers the opening of the vagina. It is a thin piece of tissue that has one or more holes in it. Sometimes a hymen may be stretched or torn when you use a tampon or during a first sexual experience. If it does tear, it may bleed a little bit.

The vulva covers the entrance to the vagina. The vulva has five parts: mons pubis, labia, clitoris, urinary opening, and vaginal opening.

The mons pubis is the mound of tissue and skin above your legs, in the middle. This area becomes covered with hair when you go through puberty.

The Promotion Promotion Paige Promotion Promotion Promotion Promotion Paige Promotion Paige Paige Paige Paige labia are the two sets of skin folds (often called lips) on either side of the opening of the vagina.

The labia majora are the outer lips, and the labia minora are the inner lips. It is normal for the labia to look different from each other.

The Promotion Paige Promotion Promotion Promotion Paige Paige Promotion Promotion Paige Promotion Paige Paige clitoris is a small, sensitive bump at the bottom of the mons pubis that is covered by the labia minora.

The urinary opening, below the clitoris, is where your urine (pee) leaves the body.

The Promotion Promotion Paige Promotion Paige Paige Promotion Promotion Promotion Paige Paige Paige Promotion vaginal opening is the entry to the vagina and is found below the urinary opening.